The other MMA event on UFC Fight Pass finds Legacy Fighting Alliance making a return for the second card in three weeks to close out the month of January in mixed martial arts.

Friday night at 10 p.m. EST, 7 p.m. PST, Fight Pass presents live coverage of LFA 81, originating from Costa Mesa, CA’s The Hangar at the Orange County Fair & Event Center.

In total, LFA 81 will feature a 13-fight MMA card, including a seven-fight main card.

Highlighting the main card on Friday evening is a three-round non-title main event fight in the LFA’s Featherweight division.

Jamall Emmers (16-4) will fight Rafael Barbosa (12-2) to close out the main portion of the show.

Following the completion of Friday night’s main event, LFA will present two unaired postlims to end the show proper.

Contender Comparison:

Heading into the main event on Friday night, Rafael Barbosa is the taller man, standing six feet even, two inches taller than Jamall Emmers at 5-foot-10.

Both men have posted 4-1 marks in their respective last five fights.

Emmers has a three-fight winning streak going into this fight.

Last time out, he scored a first-round knockout of Jay Cuccinello in Final Fight Championship 38 with just seven seconds left on the opening-round clock.

In the other corner, Barbosa saw his four-fight winning streak stopped in his most recent fight, losing by split decision to Luis Nogueira in Future FC 9.

The Tale of the Tape:

According to Tapology, Jamall Emmers has a two-inch reach advantage (74 inches to 72 inches) heading into this fight.

Prediction: Jamall Emmers by second-round knockout.

For a complete look at the LFA 81 card, take a look:

LFA 81 at a Glance: (all times Friday)

Card: 10 p.m. EST, 7 p.m. PST, UFC Fight Pass

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My name is Drew Zuhosky and I’m the MMA writer here at Armchair All-Americans. I’ve been an MMA fan for the better part of the last decade and I always make time to watch the fights. Whether it’s a Saturday night pay-per-view, an online exclusive, or a cable broadcast, there’s one certainty: Somewhere in my house, the TV will be on and I’ll be yelling at it. I sincerely hope that you will enjoy my articles on MMA. I pledge to you that my articles will be knockouts, not judges’ decisions. (Everybody hates judges’ decisions, anyway because there’s a chance for the element of human error involved in the outcome.) In any event, please check back to see what I have for you in terms of MMA material. Let’s get going.
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My name is Drew Zuhosky and I’m the MMA writer here at Armchair All-Americans. I’ve been an MMA fan for the better part of the last decade and I always make time to watch the fights. Whether it’s a Saturday night pay-per-view, an online exclusive, or a cable broadcast, there’s one certainty: Somewhere in my house, the TV will be on and I’ll be yelling at it. I sincerely hope that you will enjoy my articles on MMA. I pledge to you that my articles will be knockouts, not judges’ decisions. (Everybody hates judges’ decisions, anyway because there’s a chance for the element of human error involved in the outcome.) In any event, please check back to see what I have for you in terms of MMA material. Let’s get going.
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